It was perfect. The temperature was in the mid 70's and the water was the perfect level of "calmness" (i.e., enough waves for the kids to boogie board, but not big enough for mama to have a heart attack every time they did). Speaking of boogie boarding - both kids have really taken to it this year. It took Alex (surprisingly) a little while to get comfortable enough with it to the point where he was having fun, but now both of them love doing it. I'm still not totally comfortable with their swimming abilities, so Josh and I are in the water with them at all times when they are doing it, which can get kind of annoying if I have no desire to be in the water. But, I guess it's better that I'm annoyed vs. something bad happening to my kids....I seriously can't stand how self-less I can be sometimes... :) Of course, I didn't get a good video of Avery on the boogie board, but here is one of Alex...
Anyway - the kids played in the water and then did their annual "sit on/jump off of the lifeguard chair" routine. Notice Alex holding his nose??!!!
oh..and, of course, Avery insisted on me taking about 20 pictures of her doing various poses...
We. Are. In. Trouble.
...and then climbed on the rocks for a bit and by that time it was ready to go.
They did ask if they could jump off of the boards, but a)that would REALLY require mama to get wet and let's admit it - I'm not THAT selfless and b) there were about 15 high school kids jumping off of the boards in between drags of what I can't imagine was a cigarette considering we could see the bellows of smoke from the other beach. Hence, we avoided the boards for that night. But, still had a great time anyway...
